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New research suggests badgers are one of the main threats to the survival of red-listed ground-nesting birds including lapwing and curlew, and that the risk of nests being predated increased during cold or dry weather when their stable diet of earthworms is less accessible.

A new project by the GWCT is underway to tag common snipe in three locations across the British Isles. The study aims to uncover where these elusive waders migrate to breed during the summer, while also allowing us to understand the reasons behind their decline and how best to support their conservation.

The winners of the inaugural Schöffel Countryside Awards have been crowned at a ceremony in central London – a celebration of private land managers, farms and partnerships whose dedication to wildlife management and conservation is helping to improve the health of the British countryside.

The breeding population of redshank – a threatened native wading bird species – is continuing to thrive in the Avon Valley in Hampshire thanks to the dedicated conservation work of the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust and local wildlife managers.

Conservation work to detect and protect curlew and other ground-nesting birds in Wales have been given a helping hand by new AI monitoring technology used by researchers from the Game & Wildlife Conservation trust and Liverpool John Moores University.

The results of this year’s GWCT Big Farmland Bird Count (BFBC) point clearly to the success of agri-environment schemes such as the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) and make a strong case for government continuing to invest in farmer-led conservation, in order to meet nature recovery targets.

A survey of ground nesting birds on around 3,000 acres of moorland in north Northumberland has shown dramatic declines of iconic threatened species 10 years after predation management ceased as part of a controlled experiment spanning two decades.

More than 30 bird boxes have been installed on farms across Hampshire, Dorset and Wiltshire to help swifts returning for the summer find suitable places to nest.

A new sculpture unveiled in honour of the women who played part in the preparations for D-Day will also help our rare and threatened wading and coastal birds find a safe nesting site.

A new set of coins coming into circulation are highlighting the plight of several threatened species that are the focus of research carried out by the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust.